1429 - Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
1501 - Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.
1677 - The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange. They would later jointly reign as William and Mary.
1852 - Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
1918 - World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy.
1921 - Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
1944 - World War II: Bitola Liberation Day
1956 - Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union, that started on October 23rd. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
1995 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Orthodox Israeli.
Famous Birthdays:
1448 - King Alphonso II of Naples
1631 - Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England
1661 - Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
1896 - Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Philippines
1901 - Princess Bang-ja of Korea
1916 - Ruth Handler, businesswoman and inventor of the Barbie doll
1932 - Thomas Klestil, former President of Austria
1946 - Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States
1951 - President Traian Băsescu of Romania
1969 - Matthew McConaughey, actor
1980 - Sabrina Colie, actress
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